Forever (Puff Daddy album)

Forever
Studio album by Puff Daddy
Released	August 24, 1999
Recorded	1998–1999
Studio	The Hit Factory (New York City)
Genre	Hip hop pop rap
Length	73:04
Label	Bad Boy Arista
Producer	Sean "Puffy" Combs (also exec.) Amen-Ra Anthony Dent Carlos Broady D-Dot Joe Hooker J-Dub Nashiem Myrick Prestige Yellow Man Zach White
Puff Daddy chronology
No Way Out (1997) Forever (1999) The Saga Continues... (2001)
Singles from Forever
"P.E. 2000" Released: July 17, 1999 "Satisfy You" Released: 1999 "Best Friend" Released: February 2000

Forever is the second studio album of American hip hop recording artist Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, released on August 24, 1999, by Bad Boy Records and Arista Records.^[1] The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200,^[2] received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),^[3] and sold 205,343 units in its first week. Despite this, Forever was met with mixed to unfavorable critical response and trailed the success of his previous album, No Way Out (1997).^[4]

Forever was Combs' only album to be released under the name of "Puff Daddy", as his debut album, No Way Out was billed under "Puff Daddy & the Bad Boy Family". As with previous Bad Boy releases, much of the criticism was directed towards the over-commercialization of the hip hop genre and its incorporation of dance-pop, lower production quality and lackluster lyrics compared to its predecessor, many of which caused controversy at the time.